Gregory Duncan

@duncanarchitect.bsky.social

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Designing comfortable, healthy, energy-efficient buildings Certified Passive House Designer Registered Architect in NY and NJ

Photos at the Deitch Gallery.
Nighttime photo of a man posing in front of an industrial building gate painted with an American flag and the words “in god we trust”.
17:43 ComfoAirQ Temperature & Humidity Extract Air 25.7 °C / 58% Exhaust Air 34.9 °C / 45% Outdoor Air 37.5 °C / 41% Supply Air 28.0 °C / 60%
A very long sidewalk shed extends way beyond the building. Parade goers walking by appear to ignore it.
Dog in a sailor costume wearing sunglasses watching the Mermaid Parade at Coney Island.
Round skylight in NLT roof.
German flag outside the Yemeni bodega on Cortelyou.
Apartment building in Cologne with wood facade and high performance windows.
My photo of Senefelderplatz station under construction.
My photo of two cranes seen through the glass roof of Berlin Hauptbahnhof.
Plumbing pipe recessed in concrete column.
Thüringer bratwurst and beer at a sunny restaurant in Weimar.
Baby blue train dangling from a green steel structure.
The Massachusetts Model Passive House Institute • 2.5k Passive House units certified, 35k in pipeline • Robust PH incentives from Mass Save program o $25,000 for single-family homes o $3,750/unit for large multifamily buildings • 50% reimbursement for certification training • Communities voluntarily adopting pro-PH codes • 92% of state allows Passive House as compliance pathway for residential and commercial projects (Stretch Code) • 32% of state requires Passive House for all new multifamily buildings above 1,100 square meters (Specialized Code) • Affordable housing projects pursuing PH get extra points in competition for state funds • Support from Passive House Massachusetts, Passive House Network, Emu Passive
Photo and IR image of brick building showing green low heat loss area of retrofit area.
Graph of room temperature and concrete slab temperature.